#487e96

Color #487e96

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.12 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#487e96

RGB

rgb(72, 126, 150)

HSL

hsl(198.5, 35.1%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.5, 52%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(52%, 16%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(50.1, -10.93, -18.45)

LCH

lch(50.1, 21.44, 239.36)

OKLCH

oklch(56.5%, 0.0683, 228.56)

HWB

hwb(198.5, 28.2%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#966048

Analogous

#489687

#487e96

#485796

Triadic

#487e96

#96487e

#7e9648

Split-complementary

#487e96

#964857

#968748

Tetradic

#487e96

#604896

#966048

#7e9648

Square

#487e96

#874896

#966048

#579648

Shades

Color #487e96 mixed toward black.

#3c697d

#305464

#243f4b

#182a32

#0c1519

Tints

Color #487e96 mixed toward white.

#5d97b1

#7dacc1

#9ec1d0

#bed5e0

#dfeaef

Tones

Color #487e96 mixed toward gray.

#4e7b8f

#557989

#5b7682

#62747c

#687175

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#646491 · ΔE 19.1

Deuteranopia

#615c8f · ΔE 20.6

Tritanopia

#4c8c8b · ΔE 12.4

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 15.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #487e96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#487e96]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#487e96 (#487e96) is rgb(72, 126, 150) in RGB.

No, #487e96 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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